Beat the Blues During Stress Awareness Month

Posted on: April 13, 2016By: Gee-Schussler Blogging Team

Use these top tips to combat your stress during April’s Stress Awareness Month!

During this face-paced age of juggling a social life, work, family, friends, and errands, many people are struggling to find time to relax. As relaxation is a good source of relieving stress and tension, lack of this means that stress levels keep on rising.

April, nationally known as Stress Awareness Month, is dedicated to shining a light on how stress can be detrimental to people’s health, lives, and career. Fortunately, stress doesn’t have to run and ruin our lives. Stress management allows each individual to cope with stress in their own way.

Here are some quick tips on how to alleviate your stress, combat blues, and take back control of your life and health!

Sleep well – A lack of sleep can impact our cognitive performance, such as our attention and working memory, research shows. As we juggle work with home, a full 8 hours of sleep is beneficial.

Gain balance – From eating balanced (and regular!) meals, to regularly exercising, you can reduce stress and trips to the doctor and costly outlays to operate more effectively on and off the job.

Listen to music – Take a break and listen to classical music. Playing calm music has a positive effect on the brain and body, and can reduce cortisol – a hormone linked to stress.

Try tea – Instead of reaching for coffee or energy drinks, try green tea. It has less than half the caffeine of coffee and contains healthy antioxidants and soothing benefits.

Phone a friend – If you’re feeling overwhelmed, take a break to call a friend and talk about your problems. A reassuring voice makes everything seem better.

Write it down – Note your stresses on paper as an outlet for tension. This can expel stress and puts everything into perspective.

Good health means being better equipped physically and emotionally for whatever comes next in life.